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Media Monday – Lynn Bartels
Scott Hanson | Nov 9, 2015
Today’s Media Monday has a Hall of Fame flair. Lynn Bartels was recently inducted into the Northern Arizona University College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Hall of Fame after a 35-year career in journalism, including 22 years reporting in Denver, first for the Rocky Mountain News and then at the Denver Post. She recently joined […]
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#MediaMonday – Mary Ann Bashaw
Shelby Ray | Nov 2, 2015
Life has an interesting way of working out. I recently attended the 2015 Valley Publicity Summit hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists Valley of the Sun Chapter. It was very valuable for public relations professionals to get to know media professionals and pitch them face-to-face, speed-dating style. Before the panel discussion started, I became […]
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#MediaMonday – Jim Sharpe and Jayme West
Shelby Ray | Oct 26, 2015
KTAR News recently announced that Arizona’s Morning News will soon have two new voices on November 30. Longtime news personality, Jim Sharpe, and award-winning anchor, Jayme West, will be replacing Arizona Hall of Fame broadcaster Ned Foster and host, Connie Weber. Foster is retiring after nearly 27 years and Weber has moved on after a […]
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#MediaMonday – Ella Sogomonian
Rachel Brockway | Oct 19, 2015
Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from Yuma! It is Ella Sogomonian, multi-media journalist, field reporter, and fill-in anchor for ABC5, CBS13 and FOX9. I first connected with Ella via the statewide work that HMA Public Relations does with the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH). But our paths kept crossing […]
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#MediaMonday – “Lunchbox” Ben Murphy
caelen_tallant | Oct 12, 2015
Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from “Lunchbox” Ben Murphy, producer and morning show personality for The Steve and Nina Morning Show on The New KMLE @ 107.9. During an amazing project with the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and the Associate of Late Deafened Adults, I got the chance to […]
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#MediaMonday – Joe Hengemuehler
Abbie Fink | Oct 5, 2015
Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from Joe Hengemuehler. I first met Joe when he was working in the Valley at Channel 15. Our paths crossed again when he was doing his own thing, running a research firm. You can take the man out of news, but you can’t take news out of the man, so […]
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Media Monday — Mitch Strohman
Scott Hanson | Sep 28, 2015
[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=”@NAUAthletics”]In today’s #MediaMonday, we’re sharing some Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Love[/inlinetweet]. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=”@NAUtv @NAUAthletics #MediaMonday”]@mitchstrohman is in his 15th season as the “voice of the Lumberjacks”[/inlinetweet] for football and men’s basketball on the Lumberjack Television/Radio Network and also handles play-by-play duties for selected women’s basketball, soccer and volleyball games. That’s […]
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#MediaMonday – Fay Fredricks
Scott Hanson | Sep 21, 2015
Today’s Media Monday comes from just down the street from the HMA offices. Fay Fredricks co-hosts ABC 15’s The NOW Arizona at 4 p.m. and also contributes to ABC15 News at 5 p.m. and ABC15 News at 6 p.m. She got her start in the industry at the same place I did – Flagstaff’s KNAZ-TV, […]
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#MediaMonday – Bill Buckmaster
Scott Hanson | Sep 14, 2015
Today’s Media Monday comes to us from Tucson, where Bill Buckmaster hosts a daily news talk program, “Buckmaster,” which airs on Tucson’s KVOI “The Voice.” Bill, [inlinetweet prefix=”#MediaMonday – @Buckmastershow @1030_KVOI” tweeter=”” suffix=”@AP”]a five-time Emmy Award nominee and former broadcast editor for the[/inlinetweet] Associated Press, is a member of the Arizona Broadcasters Association’s Class of […]
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#MediaMonday – Susan Casper
Shelby Ray | Aug 31, 2015
Sonoran Living Live is the Valley’s original local lifestyle program on ABC 15 hosted by Terri Ouellette and Susan Casper. Recently, Caelen and I had the opportunity to sit in as part of the live audience and even talk one-on-one with the hosts. Our jobs are so cool! Since we had Terri on for a […]
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#MediaMonday – Amanda Solliday
Rachel Brockway | Aug 24, 2015
Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from one of my favorite places to visit for work – Yuma! It is Amanda Solliday, reporter for KAWC, the NPR station in Yuma. Most of my work in Yuma has been statewide media relations for the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) and Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the […]
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#MediaMonday – Melissa Fittro
Alison Bailin | Aug 17, 2015
There is nothing better than when a “media meeting” turns into fun! Such was the case the first time I met Melissa Fittro, news services editor for the Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Biltmore Independents, respectively. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=”@MelissaFittro”]A relative newbie to the journalism business, Melissa is jumping in headfirst[/inlinetweet] – and has lots of […]
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